Rüdiger Schnuphase (born 23 January 1954 in Werningshausen) is a German former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player. Schnuphase played for

FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Erfurt, Thuringia. History Foundation to World War II The club has roots that go back to a cricket club founded in 1895. As they broadened their interests t ...

(1971–1976),

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena () is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1903, it was initially associated with the optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won ...

(1976–1984) and again

(1984–1986). On the national level he played for East Germany national team (45 matches/6 goals), and was a participant at the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

. Schnuphase played in two matches in Gelsenkirchen at football's biggest stage. In 1982, he won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year.

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* 1954 births Living people German men's footballers East German men's footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players East Germany men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers DDR-Oberliga players Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders East German football managers People from Sömmerda (district) Footballers from Thuringia Sportspeople from Bezirk Erfurt {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub